Microsoft sent a letter to T-Mobile Sidekick users claiming that most of the customer data thought to be lost during a network failure is now being restored.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 15, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    October has proved to be the month of record, landing one whopper of a Patch Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - October 13, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft and Capgemini announced a partnership deal on Friday that aims to better integrate Microsoft's software with SAP's enterprise resource planning solutions.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 09, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft released a public beta of System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 on Tuesday.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - October 02, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Google has announced that it will soon offer a set of cloud services to government through the Apps.gov cloud computing storefront.
                    
			            - By Joab  Jackson
 - September 16, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Software security vendors like to point to glitches in Microsoft products, but they don't always get much acknowledgment from Redmond.
                    
			            - By Jabulani  Leffall
 - September 08, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With a competitive pricing model established and different licensing options on the table, partners are starting to see how Microsoft's cloud-computing offering can drive new business.
                    
			            - By Scott  Bekker
 - September 01, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Features of partner-delivered, next-generation point-of-sale solution include smart search and security-enhanced payment processing.
                    
			            - By Herb  Torrens
 - September 01, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Social Security Administration will to test Microsoft's HealthVault software for its disability determination process.
                    
			            - By Alice  Lipowicz
 - August 31, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The fifth annual VMworld user conference gets under way this week in San Francisco with a flurry of product announcements, a packed schedule and a bit of controversy.
                    
			            - By John K. Waters
 - August 30, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    In its latest bid to show its support for PHP, Microsoft late last week released a toolkit that will bridge the popular scripting language to .NET-based data-driven applications.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - August 25, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft is merging its Data Programmability and Connected Systems Group.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
 - August 20, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Subscribers to Microsoft's TechNet and Microsoft Developer Network services can now get their hands on the first community technology preview of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - August 10, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's financials continued to decline, with the company reporting $13.1 billion in revenue for its fiscal fourth-quarter -- a 17 percent decrease compared with last year's fourth quarter.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 24, 2009
 
		            
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft on Thursday announced three additional free extensions to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 that can boost the capabilities of the customer relationship management platform.
                    
			            - By Kurt  Mackie
 - July 09, 2009